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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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